DAVID B. LLOYD, LCDR, USN

David Lloyd '56

Lucky Bag

DAVID BENNETT LLOYD

Joliet, Illinois

Dave was one of those interesting personages for whom you had to do something before you were satisfied. We're quite sure he graduated at the top of his class back in Joliet, but don't bank on Dave to tell you. He was extremely interested in whatever he did, and here it ranged anywhere from academics to cross country. Dave had many outstanding traits, but one with which we were most familiar was his ability to induce others to do their best. This he did in his usual quiet, unassuming and smile provoking manner. To know Dave was to gain experience and confidence.

DAVID BENNETT LLOYD

Joliet, Illinois

Dave was one of those interesting personages for whom you had to do something before you were satisfied. We're quite sure he graduated at the top of his class back in Joliet, but don't bank on Dave to tell you. He was extremely interested in whatever he did, and here it ranged anywhere from academics to cross country. Dave had many outstanding traits, but one with which we were most familiar was his ability to induce others to do their best. This he did in his usual quiet, unassuming and smile provoking manner. To know Dave was to gain experience and confidence.

Loss

Dave was lost when USS Scorpion (SSN 589) sank on May 22, 1968. He has a memory marker in the US Naval Academy cemetery.

Obituary

David Lloyd was a head-and-shoulders midshipman and naval officer whose life and career were cut short when as Exec of USS SCORPION he was among the 99 crew members lost in that ship’s sinking in May 1968. Dave stood third in our class, and continued his leadership as a junior officer in the destroyer EPPERSON, the submarines SEA FOX, ETHAN ALLEN (commissioning crew), SKATE and as an instructor at Nuclear Power School. The David Lloyd Award was established at Submarine School New London to honor Dave and to recognize and perpetuate his quest for excellence. It is given to that graduate of the Officers’ Advanced Course who best demonstrates excellence in leadership, military bearing, academic performance, and extra-curricular contributions, as selected by a vote of his classmates, all of whom sign the accompanying certificate.

Dave and his wife Becky have five children: Dave, Liz, Susan, Mark, and Ted, four of whom served in the Navy or married naval officers. Their granddaughter Rebecca, USNA ’02, is serving as Gun Boss on the frigate BAINBRIDGE. Becky has remained a Navy wife, marrying submariner Al Burkhalter, ’51, who adopted the five Lloyd children. Son Chip is a Foreign Service Officer, currently stationed in Zimbabwe. VADM (Ret) Burkhalter and Becky stay close to the Navy and the Academy, living in Annapolis, where we hope to see them at our 50th.

Rebecca, his widow, passed away on December 3, 2016. (Via email from Class of '56 representative on December 4, 2017.)

Memorials

In 1969 (or 1970) the Naval Submarine School in Groton, Connecticut established the David Lloyd award for excellence, to be given to the "graduate of the Submarine Officers Advanced Class who demonstrates excellence in leadership, military bearing, academic performance and extra-curricular contributions."

Pictures & Correspondence

The pictures and documents below were provided via email by Dave's granddaughter, Rebecca Sauls '02, on January 29, 2018.